SUPPLY CHAIN ARTICLES
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![mirror, your true self-GettyImages-1264700812]( "\"Mirror, Mirror…\": Reflections On Reducing mRNA Production COGS")
"Mirror, Mirror…": Reflections On Reducing mRNA Production COGSHere, I outline three overarching words of wisdom I gleaned from Life Edit Therapeutics’ April Sena; Tune Therapeutics’ Tyler Goodwin; and University of Sheffield’s Adi on how the mRNA/RNA industry can better control production costs — particularly as it relates to raw material sourcing and usage.
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![US flag and European union-GettyImages-2226674966]( "Can America's Retreat On mRNA Be Europe's Opportunity?")
Can America's Retreat On mRNA Be Europe's Opportunity?With HHS winding down mRNA vaccine development under BARDA, could Europe seize the opportunity to lead in mRNA innovation? Exploring the policy shift's implications.
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![Helping Hand-GettyImages-1314188794]( "Multidisciplinary mRNA: What Can We Learn From Other CGTs?")
Multidisciplinary mRNA: What Can We Learn From Other CGTs?Overall, there are four high-level best practices/mindsets I proposed during a recent presentation that I believe will be crucial for us to bring some talented RNA therapeutic role models to the forefront. But there is one best practice that I think is worth emphasizing more than the others.
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![GettyImages-96831350]( "“To Thine Own [mRNA Product] Be True:” Shakespeare's Guide To RNA GMP Principles")
“To Thine Own [mRNA Product] Be True:” Shakespeare's Guide To RNA GMP PrinciplesIn the following article, I offer some of the biggest tips and tricks experts offered during a panel discussion on the challenges of navigating GMP principles in the RNA space today — with a little bit of help from Shakespeare himself.
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![Engraver-wood-working-GettyImages-505274864]( "Defining The RNA Therapeutics Industry In 2023")
Defining The RNA Therapeutics Industry In 2023Four executives outline which industry challenges, strategic considerations, and opportunities should be top of mind as RNA therapeutics companies establish their to-do lists for 2023.
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![Business Unity-GettyImages-1253212054]( "The RNA Therapeutics Supply Chain: A Platform of Relationships")
The RNA Therapeutics Supply Chain: A Platform of RelationshipsConversations digging into RNA-specific sourcing considerations have been few and far between. Enter Sanofi's Greg Troiano. Together, we delved into the nuances, challenges, and opportunities for growth that currently exist within the mRNA drug substance and drug product (i.e., mRNA-LNP) raw material sourcing worlds.
SUPPLY CHAIN VIDEOS
What is the biggest hurdle to reaching metric-ton RNA production? In this segment, Advancing RNA Live speaker Claire McCleod discusses the biggest challenges to producing blockmers and in what ways the industry is reimagining upstream manufacturing to enable more efficient ligation.
We all know that plasmid quality is foundational in dictating the quality of the final mRNA drug substance. In this clip homing in on upstream process considerations, speakers Stu Sundseth (Tune Therapeutics), Marc Wolfgang (Sail Biomedicines), and Christian Dohmen (Ethris) outline some of the most important CQAs for plasmids and the impact they can have on the resulting quality of the mRNA drug substance for linear mRNA.
Together, this Advancing RNA panel briefly addresses the ongoing rise of synthetic pDNA, sharing the current benefits and limitations of working with this technology for plasmid production today.
Three LNP experts share their thoughts on the incremental advancements they’d like to see the RNA-LNP space make in the next few years.
ARTICLES, APP NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & WHITE PAPERS
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![iStock-1293772874-lab-plasmid-gene therapy-DNA]( "Novel Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery Reagent And Manufacturing Workflow")
We aim to highlight that commercially available LNP reagent mix, GenVoy-ILM, is an accessible and easy-to-use LNP formulation that allows for rapid preclinical development of RNA vaccines.
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![GettyImages-2193391345-cryopreservation]( "How Operational Efficiency Shapes Late-Phase Manufacturability")
Prioritize operational efficiency over early-stage flexibility to scale advanced therapies. Standardized workflows and qualified shipping lanes reduce variability for predictable late-phase success.
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![Cryopreservation GettyImages-172640159]( "Integrate Cryopreservation Into the End-To-End Supply Chain")
Cryopreservation should be integrated across the entire supply chain to ensure traceability, reduce risk at handoffs, and support consistent, scalable therapy development and delivery.
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![DNA molecules 450x300]( "Chromatographic Purification Of Plasmid DNA")
Widespread application of pDNA in gene therapy is driving increased demand and as a response, plasmid manufacturing must become more efficient with improved productivity. Intensification of chromatographic steps can help address this demand and has led to an exploration of the use of convective media (monoliths, membranes, fibre based technologies).
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![Supply Chain Management GettyImages-1304746031]( "Uninterrupted Supply To Meet Demand")
Explore a solution for biopharmaceutical companies concerned about the risks an increase in campaign volume can pose to their production timeline.
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![GettyImages-1317697233-cancer-t-cells]( "A Novel RNA Lipid Nanoparticle Platform: Gene-Edited CAR T Cells For Off-The-Shelf Cancer Therapy")
We report on the use of a novel lipid nanoparticle (LNP) reagent in a validated protocol to achieve successful complex gene editing in primary T cells with high efficiency while maintaining high cell viability.
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![Cell Gene Technology]( "Where Can Novel Non-Viral Polymeric Delivery Agents Take Us?")
Explore ongoing work to harness different types of HDR templates in order to build cutting-edge systems with the potential to enable point-of-care cell and gene therapy manufacture.
